On November 23, 2021, ELCIR Bishop Ivan Laptev attended a meeting of the Festival of Hope team to report on the work done and share plans. The evangelism festival with Franklin Graham will take place at the Ice Palace arena in St. Petersburg from July 9-10, 2022. In his presentation, Bishop Laptev likened our teamwork to ascending a mountain. The … [Read more...]
Bishop Laptev speaks at religious freedom conference
On November 22, 2021, ELCIR Bishop Ivan Laptev spoke at “Freedom of Conscience and Religious Intolerance in the Modern World,” a conference held in Nevskaya Ratusha Business District, St. Petersburg. The topic of his presentation was “Religious Freedom as a Way to Preserve and Pass On Traditional Spiritual and Moral Values in Russia.” The event … [Read more...]
Sister congregations meet in webcast
Joutjärvi Church in Lahti, Finland has held the Days of The Church of Ingria as an annual program for many years. Although the pandemic has hindered the sister congregations from personal contact this year, they met in a live webcast on November 20, 2021. In Finland, pastors Sergei Shilkin and Juha Saari celebrated a worship service in Russian, and … [Read more...]
Bishop Laptev speaks at youth conference
On November 12-13, 2021, ELCIR Bishop Ivan Laptev was a guest speaker at a young people’s conference entitled “Keeping Interethnic Concord and Traditional Spiritual and Moral Values is Vital for Russia’s Future.” The goal of the conference held at Molodyozhny Center, Leningrad Oblast, was to help form the civic identity of young people in Leningrad … [Read more...]
Servants’ сonference in Moscow
From November 11-12, 2021, the servants of the ELCIR Moscow Deanery met together for a servants’ conference at Holy Trinity Lutheran Congregation of Moscow. Motto: “Be Faithful!” During a roundtable discussion, the clergymen and lay servants made plans for their ministries in 2022. Participants & presentations: Bishop Ivan Laptev, “The … [Read more...]
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